Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 10:18:22 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-git@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plans for git (was: Please check the current beta git conversions) Message-ID: <3DD3DA64-E353-4BC0-8F00-631F849E3D1E@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200902045939.GA15897@eureka.lemis.com> References: <CAPyFy2CTTecRJDnXNvF%2BM2%2BaLWJpA%2BEdG43ZeU3qwsCruecoFA@mail.gmail.com> <20200902045939.GA15897@eureka.lemis.com>
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> On Sep 1, 2020, at 10:59 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> = wrote: >=20 > On Tuesday, 1 September 2020 at 13:14:10 -0400, Ed Maste wrote: >> We've been updating the svn-git converter and pushing out a new >> converted repo every two weeks, and are now approaching the time = where >> we'd like to commit to the tree generated by the exporter, >> ... >=20 > Somehow I've missed this development. Reading between the lines, it > seems that we're planning to move from svn to git, but I can't recall > seeing any announcement on the subject. Can you give some background? > It would also be nice to find a HOWTO both for the migration and for > life with git. We=E2=80=99ve been talking about the transition for about 5 years now. = So far, only people interested in git have showed up to do any work at = all. Subversion has lost, and even Apache, the main users of it, are = moving to git. We started early in the year with the firm plans and have = been working on it since then. These conversations have happened all = over the place, and we=E2=80=99ve been posting to developers for months = now... There=E2=80=99s some draft guides, but they need work which is on my = plate. They are OK, but have some issues on the more complicated bits. Warner
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